On the eve of her future sister-in-laws wedding, a woman returns to her husbands boyhood home. Tossing and turning next to him in his old twin size bed, they question love, marriage and why there are no all night drugs stores in Providence.

A family of migrant workers send their 12-year-old daughter and her outlaw cousin into the night on the promise of a stranger. Selling Rosario tells the story of a young girl growing up in a migrant labor camp and her parents' risky plan to get her out of an unsafe, squalid environment. They believe almost any place else would be better for her to grow up. We meet Rosario and her family on the day this plan will either succeed or fail.